These two photos from 1949 show the Plaza Theater on South Glassell in 1949. The building is clearly not the Orange. There is no listing for the Plaza on this website, as far as I can tell.
My first trip to NYC was in December 1970, when I was nine. I went with a church group to see the Christmas show. The film was Bedknobs and Broomsticks, with Angela Lansbury. We also saw the Rockettes and Santa, which was a great production. I remember getting lost trying to find the restroom and crashing a cocktail party somewhere in the building. NYC is a great place to be at Christmas time.
You have to look at the migration to the suburbs after WWII. If the movie theater was in the neighborhood, why go all the way to downtown at night, where parking and crime are a problem? The movie palaces were built for a pre-war urban population that disappeared after the Second World War.
From the UC Davis collection:
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These two photos from 1949 show the Plaza Theater on South Glassell in 1949. The building is clearly not the Orange. There is no listing for the Plaza on this website, as far as I can tell.
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Diamond Jubilee parade, 1963:
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1980:
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From the Cal Davis collection:
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More photos from UCLA:
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/006/27/i0062707.jpg
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/006/27/i0062705.jpg
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/006/27/i0062704.jpg
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/006/27/i0062706.jpg
My first trip to NYC was in December 1970, when I was nine. I went with a church group to see the Christmas show. The film was Bedknobs and Broomsticks, with Angela Lansbury. We also saw the Rockettes and Santa, which was a great production. I remember getting lost trying to find the restroom and crashing a cocktail party somewhere in the building. NYC is a great place to be at Christmas time.
That’s funny. Re the Garden of Allah performances, see the 1921 picture posted above.
Here is a picture from the Online Archive of California:
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BTW, the picture that Stevebob posted of the interior is outstanding.
Too bad it isn’t in color.
You have to look at the migration to the suburbs after WWII. If the movie theater was in the neighborhood, why go all the way to downtown at night, where parking and crime are a problem? The movie palaces were built for a pre-war urban population that disappeared after the Second World War.
Is that the Warfield next to the Crest in the picture directly above? It’s the only theater in SF that ends in “ELD”.
The last shot – a hole in the ground where the Fox once stood:
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Crowds waiting in line to get in:
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Here are some photos of the Portola and its successor:
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Grand opening:
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En fuego:
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Here are some additional photos from the SF Library:
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Here are some additional photos from the SF Library:
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